| Astounding Stories of Super-Science | |
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| Credits | |
| Title | Astounding Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Street & Smith |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Years published | 1930-present |
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| Editors | William Clayton; Harry Bates; F. Orlin Tremaine |
Astounding Stories of Super-Science is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. The first issue was dated January, 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Clayton went bankrupt in 1933 and the magazine was sold to Street & Smith. The new editor was F. Orlin Tremaine, who soon made Astounding the leading magazine in the nascent pulp science fiction field, publishing well-regarded stories such as Jack Williamson's Legion of Space and John W. Campbell's "Twilight". At the end of 1937, Campbell took over editorial duties under Tremaine's supervision, and the following year Tremaine was let go, giving Campbell more independence. Over the next few years Campbell published many stories that became classics in the field, including Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, A. E. van Vogt's Slan, and several novels and stories by Robert A. Heinlein. The period beginning with Campbell's editorship is often referred to as the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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- Analog Science Fiction and Fact and Astounding Science Fiction both redirect to this page.
- The "Arena" episode of the original Star Trek television series is loosely based on the short story "Arena", written by Fredric Brown and published in Astounding Science Fiction in June, 1944. Due to the similarities between the two stories, Brown was given a screen credit on the episode.
- The novella known as "Who Goes There?", written by John W. Campbell was first published in the August, 1938 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. This story became the basis for the 1951 film The Thing from Another World by Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks, which was later remade as The Thing by director John Carpenter.